Iran to hold International New Horizon Independent Film Festival

Iran is planning to hold the International New Horizon Independent Film Festival, screening short and feature-length documentaries in the capital city of Tehran.
Organized by Iran's Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC) and Iran Cinema Organization, the festival will screen social and political documentaries on the theme of ‘Towards Justice.’
The event will be held from September 2 to 5, 2012, screening films inspired by recent Islamic and European movements against social and political injustice.
Iranian and international participants will present their works on different subjects, including the Occupy Wall Street movement, the Islamic Awakening movement, Europe and US financial crisis, role of Zionist lobbies in Europe and US crises, introducing international anti-Zionist and anti-imperialist figures, Islamic resistance against the Zionist regime, war threats against Iran and anti-war movements, the Islamic Revolution of Iran, Iranophobia and Islamophobia, world without Zionism, and world without terrorism and atomic weapons.
The jury of the festival is composed of two American, one Tunisian and one British judge who will join Ebrahim Hatamikia, Nader Talebzadeh, Gholamreza Montazemi, Jamal Shourjeh, Reza Mirkarimi and Mehdi Homayounfar from Iran.
Iran’s Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC) is the main center for production, distribution and promotion of fiction, documentary, animation and experimental films in the Middle East.
The center produces about 25 feature-length and 300 short films every year.
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